OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver has emerged from meetings with his U.S. counterpart and other American officials a little more encouraged about the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline, but isn’t making any predictions on a decision he hopes the Obama administration delivers by early 2014.

OTTAWA — Canada’s natural resources minister insists the federal government believes climate change is an urgent matter and says his recent comments on climate science will not erode the country’s credibility or chances at U.

OTTAWA — Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is recovering after having heart bypass surgery and will be sidelined until roughly mid-February, although he remains active on his files and will retain all of his ministerial responsibilities.

OTTAWA—Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver told government officials — six months after he was on the job — that he did not "know very much” about energy projects and needed briefings so he could talk “knowledgeably” about the subject, internal emails have revealed.